The Mind-Body Problem

by Jonathan Westphal

Book Overview

An introduction to the mind-body problem, covering all the proposed solutions and offering a powerful new one.

Philosophers from Descartes to Kripke have struggled with the glittering prize of modern and contemporary philosophy: the mind-body problem. The brain is physical. If the mind is physical, we cannot see how. If we cannot see how the mind is physical, we cannot see how it can interact with the body. And if the mind is not physical,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262529564
• ISBN13: 9780262529563
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher